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I continued with the next episode & found it getting better & better. Kim Bum is creepy. I wonder how I liked him earlier. When he gets a watch from the young salesman & throws it out of the window of his car later, is so bad. His behaviour is totally unrealistic. To bring outContinue reading “The Tale of a Gumiho”

A 2021 Indian Hindi film directed by Ram Madhvani. Based on the 2013 film ‘The Terror Live’ the film stars Kartik Aryan in the lead role of a journalist. He receives a threat after he exclusively interviews a terrorist, who blew up a bridge.The film also stars Mrunal Thakur & Amruta Subhash. It is basedContinue reading “Dhamaka”

A 2021 Action film set in wonderful locations. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya & others. It became the most watched movie in it’s debut weekend on Netflix. But it generally got negative reviews from the critics. Stealing Cleopatra’s third egg is the mission. We travelContinue reading “Red Notice”

In the 19th century enslaved Africans found a new life & a new identity due to their association with erstwhile Bombay.Rescued from slave ships that would brim with human cargo, men, women & children were hosted in orphanages in Bombay & received a new identity as Bombay Africans. For hundreds of years slaves were broughtContinue reading “Bombay Africans”

Thus reads the editorial in IE, but it should be ‘The Ultimate Storyteller’! Why? Let’s find out. Mannu Bhandari who we lost recently was one of the post-independence writers who portrayed women under a new light. She looked at them as independent & intellectual individuals. Mark those three words which speak volumes. She highlighted theContinue reading “The Intimate Storyteller”

Azeem Rafiq has raised the question of the treatment given to the coloured. He said the present England captain Joe Root is a ‘good man’. Yet he remains silent when it matters. He says he couldn’t recollect any unsavoury episodes. When the other person is hurting, isn’t it obvious?? Do we really have to putContinue reading “Again , colour colour…”

Vir Das in news is nothing unusual. He is popular, well known & liked by all. His jokes have a flair. But he is in news presently for his remarks.His comment ‘Two Indias’ is being under scanner. Kangana again in arms & a whole lot written about it. Now, in a ceremony or in partiesContinue reading “The stand up comedian”

Seven is a 2019 Indian mystery thriller film. It is directed & filmed by Nizar Shafi. Produced by Ramesh Varma, shot simultaneously in Telugu & Tamil it makes a good watch. Havish, Rahman, Nandita Swetha,Regina Cassandra are in the main role. A woman lodges a complaint about her husband gone missing. As the investigation startsContinue reading “7”

Having finished all 6 episodes I am wondering what went wrong. Gurinder Chadha’s earlier works like ‘Bend It like Beckham’ had a zing to it. The protagonist was just like any other girl who wishes to play. Her family wants to marry her off. John Beecham being a straight forward man, a widower, is lateContinue reading “Beecham House”

John Beecham buys a huge house in Delhi. He is a former soldier with the East India company. He has a child & an army of servants to look after the house & the baby. His mother arrives with Violet in tow. She plans to marry him. But the future has something else planned. AContinue reading “Beecham House”